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The Collins Line is the common name for the American shipping company started by Israel Collins and then built up by his son Edward Knight Collins, formally called the New York and Liverpool United States Mail Steamship Company. [1]

38 relations: America (yacht), Asa Eldridge, Black Ball Line (trans-Atlantic packet), Bonny, Rivers, Bremen, Brown Bros. & Co., Cape Race, Charleston, South Carolina, Cunard Line, Edward Knight Collins, England, Fernando Wood, Freight transport, Galway, George Steers, Great Western Steamship Company, Gulf of Mexico, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Liverpool, Nathan K. Hall, New Orleans, New York City, Newfoundland Colony, Northern Europe, Ocean Steam Navigation Company, RMS Persia, Smith College, SS Arctic, SS Baltic (1850), SS Pacific (1849), The New York Times, Transatlantic crossing, United Kingdom, United States, United States Postmaster General, Veracruz, Veracruz (city), William Alexander Graham.

America (yacht)

America was a 19th-century racing yacht and first winner of the America's Cup international sailing trophy.

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Asa Eldridge

Asa Eldridge (1809 – 1856) was a sea captain from Yarmouth, Massachusetts.

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Black Ball Line (trans-Atlantic packet)

The Black Ball Line was a passenger line founded by a group of New York Quaker merchants headed by Jeremiah Thompson, and included Isaac Wright & Son (William), Francis Thompson and Benjamin Marshall.

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Bonny, Rivers

Bonny (or Ubani) is an island town and a Local Government Area in Rivers State in southern Nigeria, on the Bight of Bonny.

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Bremen

The City Municipality of Bremen (Stadtgemeinde Bremen) is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany, which belongs to the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (also called just "Bremen" for short), a federal state of Germany.

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Brown Bros. & Co.

Brown Bros.

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Cape Race

Cape Race is a point of land located at the southeastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

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Charleston, South Carolina

Charleston is the oldest and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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Cunard Line

Cunard Line is a British-American cruise line based at Carnival House at Southampton, England, operated by Carnival UK and owned by Carnival Corporation & plc.

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Edward Knight Collins

Edward Knight Collins I (5 August 1802 – 22 January 1878) was an American shipping magnate.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Fernando Wood

Fernando Wood (June 14, 1812 – February 14, 1881) was an American politician of the Democratic Party and the 73rd and 75th mayor of New York City; he also served as a United States Representative (1841–1843, 1863–1865, and 1867–1881) and as Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means in both the 45th and 46th Congress (1877–1881).

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Freight transport

Freight transport is the physical process of transporting commodities and merchandise goods and cargo.

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Galway

Galway (Gaillimh) is a city in the West of Ireland, in the province of Connacht.

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George Steers

George Steers (August 15, 1819 – September 25, 1856New York Times:, September 29, 1856: "The coffin was inscribed George Steers, Died Sept. 25, 1856, Aged 37 years, 1 month, 10 days". URL last accessed 2015-01-03.) was a designer of yachts best known for the famous racing yacht ''America''.

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Great Western Steamship Company

The Great Western Steam Ship Company operated the first regular transatlantic steamer service from 1838 until 1846.

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Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico (Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent.

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Halifax, Nova Scotia

Halifax, officially known as the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), is the capital of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a city in North West England, with an estimated population of 491,500 in 2017.

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Nathan K. Hall

Nathan Kelsey Hall (March 28, 1810 – March 2, 1874) was an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and as U.S. Postmaster General.

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New Orleans

New Orleans (. Merriam-Webster.; La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Newfoundland Colony

Newfoundland Colony was the name for an English and later British colony established in 1610 on the island of the same name off the Atlantic coast of Canada, in what is now the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Northern Europe

Northern Europe is the general term for the geographical region in Europe that is approximately north of the southern coast of the Baltic Sea.

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Ocean Steam Navigation Company

The Ocean Steam Navigation Company (OSNC or Bremen Line) was a shipping company founded in 1847 in New York City by Edward Mills.

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RMS Persia

Persia was a British passenger liner operated by the Cunard Line that won the Blue Riband in 1856 for the fastest westbound transatlantic voyage.

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Smith College

Smith College is a private, independent women's liberal arts college with coed graduate and certificate programs in Northampton, Massachusetts.

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SS Arctic

SS Arctic was a 2,856-ton paddle steamer, one of the Collins Line, which operated a transatlantic passenger and mail steamship service during the 1850s.

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SS Baltic (1850)

SS Baltic was a wooden-hulled sidewheel steamer built in 1850 for transatlantic service with the American Collins Line.

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SS Pacific (1849)

SS Pacific was a wooden-hulled, sidewheel steamer built in 1849 for transatlantic service with the American Collins Line.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Transatlantic crossing

The Transatlantic crossings are passages of passengers and cargo across the Atlantic Ocean between the Americas and Europe or Africa.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Postmaster General

The Postmaster General of the United States is the chief executive officer of the United States Postal Service; Megan Brennan is the current Postmaster General.

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Veracruz

Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave,In isolation, Veracruz, de and Llave are pronounced, respectively,, and.

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Veracruz (city)

Veracruz, officially known as Heroica Veracruz, is a major port city and municipality on the Gulf of Mexico in the Mexican state of Veracruz.

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William Alexander Graham

William Alexander Graham (September 5, 1804August 11, 1875) was a United States Senator from North Carolina from 1840 to 1843, a Senator later in the Confederate States Senate from 1864 to 1865, the 30th Governor of North Carolina from 1845 to 1849 and U.S. Secretary of the Navy from 1850 to 1852, under President Millard Fillmore.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collins_Line

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